La Liga president Javier Tebas said Joan Laporta ‘did not present any alternative’, and the club requested a new license from the RFEF that would allow the registration of Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor in January.
As the whole of Spain celebrated the arrival of the new year, FC Barcelona’s latest embarrassing chapter was closing. La Liga announced on Tuesday in a statement regarding the salary cap of the FC Barcelona team that ‘as of today, December 31, FC Barcelona has not presented any alternative which, in compliance with the regulations of economic control of La Liga, allows them to register players from January 2.’
Therefore, neither Dani Olmo nor Pau Víctor could be registered.
Before this La Liga announcement, which was published after 9 p.m., FC Barcelona informed that it had requested a new license from the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) for the players Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor, who were to be registered in La Liga before January 1, and denied asking for ‘a moratorium’ for more time.
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‘FC Barcelona informs that it has requested a new license from the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for players Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor. Furthermore, the club wishes to deny having requested or received any moratorium from another organization for the current registration,” the Blaugrana club said in a statement. The club, led by Joan Laporta, continues its efforts to register the two players after the Court of First Instance 47 of Barcelona refused the precautionary measures to allow it, while FC Barcelona cannot register players due to its financial situation in relation to ‘Financial Fair Play’.
The club believes it can continue to keep Olmo and Pau Víctor registered for the second half of the season, and it will provide more information by Friday, January 3.
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However, the problem is that the RFEF cannot process any federal license without La Liga’s approval, something Laporta needs to work on. The Blaugrana entity hopes to resolve the differences with Tebas during this week.
If Barcelona fail, Dani Olmo could invoke the clause included in his contract from last August, which allows him to become a free agent if the club fails to register him and sign with any team. The decision rests solely and exclusively with Dani Olmo, who could also choose to stay until Barça finds a solution.
In any case, it would not only be an embarrassment for Laporta’s management, but also a significant financial blow. If Olmo leaves, he would leave nothing in the coffers after Barcelona invested 55 million euros in his recruitment, and if he decides to stay, the club will have to pay his salary even if he never sets foot on the ground.
The player has a contract valid until June 30, 2030 and his salary is not exactly low. According to Salary Sport, the midfielder earned around €5 million net at Leipzig and has a net worth of €27,552,366, a substantial amount considering he is only 26 years old.
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At Barça, his current salary, according to Fichajes.com, is 9.37 million euros per year, which equates to a monthly salary of 781,000 euros, 182,000 euros per week and 26,000 euros per day—a sum that the club will have to absorb.
